The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-13
Farm, Garden and Household.

When flies and gnats are troubl, snme
in the hnnsc shut up doors and windows
and blow II little pure and frcs, bnharh
through the cheap bell,w that can be
had anywhere. "Pure and %fresl,," re-
member, and then sweep up anil burn
the corpscs. Keeping the powder in
close tin cans is essential. rs it soon loses
its virtue when exposed
Nv hired man declares that the hors, 8
do more work in the afternoon when
they have a good rest ut dinner He al
ways takes ufftllc harness and collar and
lets them rub and roll. lie lathcs the
shoulder and wipes the dust from collar.
Certainly my team never did so much
work and never looked so well in hot
weather. | should add that he takes
pains to give them Il rail of water each
in the middle OF the fnrIn mn and aftei-
moo j. n.
One point in hog growing that l Lave
settled in my W mind Is that it is
profitable to breed suws for two litters a
WA, anu oiWuys iron Hlu'uie Hiotieis.
The March and April pigs are ready fer
market any time after they are : months
old, and the September anil October pigs
are salable in NAV TOR June, and ian he
made to weigh 2OD pounds or more by
that d IL. | am done %cntirrl, with the
old plan of wintrring store hogs 81 as TO
have them weigh but little heavier in
the spring than they were the previous
fall; and with the exception ofthe breed
ing stock ! want tn push my rivs from
the day they nre wcaned till $ I'D, but
until, q months old l pusl, for growth
rather than !at.-l. NJ.
Fifty years ago Mr.. A. Il. Whitney
of franklin Grove ILL.,, planted two groups
Of white pine in the prairie soil, taking
yorn. trees from the forest, about one
foot high. In IL group there are eight
trees, standing close together, and they
measure n foot from the ground from
five to six feet and tw., inches in circum-
ference. The larg' st tree in the second
group is seven and II half feet in dir
conference. The others aggregate rather
more than six feet, except one in the
centre Of II circle Of fourteen feet in
diameter, in which the renal. ing six
trees stanl. This tree was tlirty-.wo
inches IN circumference.
The only secret in growing potatoes
is in having all work so well in hand
that undivided attention may he given
this crop when needed. In hot, dry
weather swarms of potato bugs cover the
vines Suddenly and will do great damage
If unchecked. None may be fund one
day and yet by noon Of the next many
hills NAV be badly eaten. When first
Matched the larvae are very small and
not likely to be noticed, bnt the hotter
the weather the more ravenonsly they
eat and the faster thew grow. 1t il one
of the advantages in Applying Paris
green will, plaster that the latter attracts
moisture and thus holds the dew OH the
vine longer. thus indirectly checking the
bugs, although it is the poison that de-
stroys them. If we could always have
moist, cool weather, such rs usually pre-.
walls in summer in England and Ireland,
it would be no great trouble tn keep
potato bugs in subsection. 1t is "ur hot.
dry American summers That make ills
enemy 50 destructive.
Sometimes when n horse has been
some days at rest in the stable when put
to work or driven on the road he will be
suddenly attacked by violent diai rhnca.
This is always Il sign that he has been
deprived of grain or his food is other
wise too laxative and deficient in
strength giving ingredients. And it does
not disrrove this that the animal has
been fed n peck Of oats just before being
put in the harness. Overlooking before
working Is II ronmon mistake both for
men AMI horses. II is not what was
eaten in the morning tliut gives str. myth
for the days work, hit what was eaten
yesterday. and perhaps II week or month
before. If the stomach is ovcrl, AIDED
the strength of man "r hor,e goes tn it's
relief before anything else, and il the
job is too big the load il disposed of by
o spell Of diarrhoea. Everyone knows
how utterly weak and good for nothing
that will make him feel. So, when the
horse begins with SCOUTS put him in the
stable at once. To continue work with
il while in his un,liiion ia I,otL crnel